''Kings of Coke'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by

Julian Sher Julian Sher is a Canadian investigative journalist, filmmaker, author and newsroom trainer based in Montreal, Quebec. He was an investigative producer for ten years then a senior producer for five years with the CBC's '' The Fifth Estate''. He has ...

and released in 2022.Brendan Kelly
"Kings of Coke tells the tale of Montreal's infamous West End Gang"
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Montreal Gazette The ''Montreal Gazette'', formerly titled ''The Gazette'', is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of th ...

'', November 8, 2022. Based on D'Arcy O'Connor's book ''Montreal's Irish Mafia'', the film is a profile of the

West End Gang The West End Gang (french: Gang de l'ouest) is a Canadian organized crime group in Montreal, Quebec. An Irish mob group originating from the Irish-Canadian ethnic enclave of Pointe-Saint-Charles in the 1950s, the majority of the gang's earnings w ...

, an

organized crime Organized crime (or organised crime) is a category of transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. While organized crime is generally th ...

ring that began in the

Pointe-Saint-Charles Pointe-Saint-Charles (also known in English as Point Saint Charles, and locally as The Point, or "PSC") is a neighbourhood in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Historically a working-class area, the creation of m ...

neighbourhood of

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in the 1950s. The film premiered November 7, 2022 on Crave. The film received a

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nomination for Best Documentary Program at the

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in 2023.Pat Mullen
"2023 Canadian Screen Award Nominations for Documentary"
''

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'', February 22, 2023.

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* 2022 films 2022 documentary films 2020s Canadian films 2020s English-language films Canadian documentary television films English-language Canadian films Crave (TV network) original programming Documentary films about Montreal Documentary films about organized crime Films about organized crime in Canada Films about the Irish Mob West End Gang {{2020s-Canada-documentary-film-stub